Tj, I concur! As Paul Davies said, "truth is, nobody has a clue", including Paul Davies.
But everything taught in school is right! Right! hmmm...
As time goes by, we'll find out more, hopefully not more confusing! And then, perhaps some of those things taught in educational institutions and universities as fact today, will be seen as theories that were wrong.(maybe I should be committed to an institution!)
If time is "...merely an expression of existance, and not a dimension in it's own right", maybe an important point to all of this is, without conscious existance, there is no comprehension of time, or anthing else for that matter! Maybe consciousness started it all off....The chicken or the egg first, and so on..
Maybe Paul Davies is an alien? Or maybe I am, and trying to mislead everyone.
I think the flu is an alien that constantly morphs. Ha Ha!
Just having a bit of fun! And boy, do we need to have some laughs with the way we are treating this planet lately. Proper balance with important issues it seems, is not something the human race (and those aliens amongst us) is endowed with.